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“Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Xipaare”- Assamese thriller film bagged Audience Choice Award 2014 in North Carolina film festival

The Assamese thriller movie, Ekhon Nedekha Nadir Xipaare (also known as “As the river flows”) bagged the Audience Choice Award 2014 in North Carolina film festival.   The...

March 23, 2014

Ukraine crisis 2014: Russia suspended from G-8 Countries Club over its incursion into Crimea

The Group of Eight countries have suspended Russia from elite club of world powers amid heightened tensions over Ukraine and Russia’s incursion into Crimea. Despite this suspension of...

March 23, 2014

SIPRI: India is the world’s largest arms importer

As per the report published by the Sweden-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India become the world’s largest arms importer over 2004-13 and its import of weapon...

March 22, 2014

Indian soldiers of World War I to be honoured by UK

The United Kingdom (UK) will honour the Indian soldiers, who participated in World War-I (WW-I) as part of British India, through a series of events to commemorate the...

March 21, 2014

Indian aid to Bhutan: Rs 4,500 crore Assistance Package to improve the livelihood of Bhutanese

As per the 11th five year plan of Government of India (GOI), India will contribute Rs.4500 crores Assistance Package to Bhutan. The package will help the landlocked country...

March 16, 2014

Dubai’s largest non oil trading partner in 2013-14 – “India”

As per the report released by the Dubai Department of Economic Development, India has once again emerged as the largest non oil trading partner of Dubai in 2013-14....

March 15, 2014

China hiked military budget by 12.2% for 2014

The People’s Republic of China announced to raise its military budget for 2014 by 12.2% to $132 billion. The hike in defense spending would seek to develop more...

March 11, 2014

India and Israel inked pacts on bilateral security relations

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (Government of India) and Israel signed three pacts to strengthen the efforts in the war against terror and beef up bilateral security...

March 3, 2014

India – Saudi Arabia signed defense cooperation deal

India and Saudi Arabia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on defense cooperation for greater exchange of information and training in New Delhi. The agreement was signed by...

March 3, 2014

Zero AIDS Discrimination Day launched on March 1

For the first time, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) launched its Zero Discrimination Day on March 1 in Beijing, China, to support those who are...

March 1, 2014

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